Which browser, out of these two, do you think is better, and why?

I use myIE2 ... its like IE with a lot more options. I have tried firefox it runs very heavy on my pc .. and I've tried IE ... it has al lot of problems with its downloading and browsing capabilities.

I use both.

If you think FireFox running heavy, you can tweak it.

Depends on whether you want a modern standards compliant browser or one that is more compatible with non-standard web pages.

There are US Government departments and many PC magazines recommending that people abandon IE because of the 500+ outstanding security issues plus the fact that it hasn't had a significant update in several years (read lifetimes in computer terms) and doesn't support the latest web standards.

Of course there are still lots of web pages that will only run on IE.

I think both browsers still have their uses but activeX needs to be disabled in IE unless you want to use it as a way for hackers to bypass your firewall and hijack your system.

i recommend firefox as in my mind it is faster and full of great features that IE cant compete with. but i guess the new upgrades for IE that came with the SP2 for XP make it alot better but i still stick with firefox as i dont use windows

Firefox all the way. the only things I use IE for are the things I am FORCED to use it for (unhappily) - windowsupdate and officeupdate, as well as my bank's 1996-style antiquated garbage website.

Neither. CrazyBrowser beats every other browser I've tried. It's fast, it's never crashed on me and the thing I like most about it is that one of the options is to have it re-open next time with all the sites you had open when you closed it.

http://www.crazybrowser.com

I put both IE and Firefox on my son's computer and he usually uses Firefox, but he says there are some sites he can't access with it so he still needs to use IE.

I use firefox. I had some problems with IE and was recomended firefox, never looked back since.

From a purely "ignorant user" standpoint, Firefox has some annoying browsing aspects that I've encountered. One of the most irritating is when going back or forward, the browser sends you to the top of the page rather than the place you were last like IE does. IE is comfortable, but Firefox has some handy features. Because I'm unable to make a decision, I arbitrarily use Firefox on my notebook and IE on my desktop.

Beyond the "ignorant user" perspective, Firefox begins to look progressively better than IE in feature sets, customizability, security, and performance (in my experience). But because I do a lot of netdiving, the browsing experience is important and IE has a tendency to beat Firefox in that category. But this is purely personal preference.